Expanding our conceptualization of and treatment for generalized anxiety disorder: integrating mindfulness/acceptance-based approaches with existing cognitive-behavioral models

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“Roemer and Orsillo[15, 16] propose a three-part model of GAD that may explain the life dissatisfaction and impairment associated with this disorder.”

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“Further, experiential avoidance may lead to a restriction in behavior as individuals become focused on avoiding events and situations that elicit uncomfortable internal sensations rather than pursuing activities consistent with personal values.”

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“These findings directly lend support to the theoretical model of GAD proposed by Roemer and Orsillo,[15, 39] which suggests that the life impairment in GAD may be partially explained by individuals seeing their internal experiences as distressing, leading to experiential avoidance and a restriction in pursuing activities consistent with personal values.”

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“Roemer and Orsillo (2002) developed a model of GAD informed by research and theory highlighting the potential roles of experiential avoidance (e.g., Hayes, Wilson, Gifford, Follette & Strosahl, 1996) and ruminative, self-critical processing (e.g., Barnard & Teasdale, 1991) in the development and maintenance of psychopathology.”

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“Worry has been proposed as a way of avoiding anxiety (Borkovec, Robinson, Pruzinsky & DePree, 1983), as a form of experiential avoidance (Roemer & Orsillo, 2002) and a way of reducing uncertainty (Dugas, Gagnon, Ladouceur & Freeston, 1998).”

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“A growing body of research also suggests that acceptance contributes to effective coping with adversity, reduced stress, and improved emotional well-being.”

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“Empirical evidence supports the role of EA in the onset and maintenance of emotional disorders such as GAD and depression (Roemer and Orsillo, 2002; Boulanger et al., 2010; Ruiz, 2010).”

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“While excessive or unrealistic worry is present in GAD [13], and according to theresearch its function may be to diminish internal distress by decreasing theexperi ence ofuncertainty, theexposure to uncertainty may lead to more optimal functioning and thus it should be incor porated into treatment [15].”

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“Thefunction ofworry in anindividual with GAD is to decrease theper ceived possibility of the occurrence of negative events and to reduce asense ofuncertainty and unpredictability [15, 16].”

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“In AMW, worry is conceptualised as aform ofavoidance [15].”

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“Second, emerging evidence from the face-to-face treatment literature suggests that mindfulness training may be particularly useful in directly addressing the transdiagnostic mechanisms underlying depression and anxiety such experiential avoidance (Hayes et al., 1996; Roemer and Orsillo, 2002; Roemer et al., 2013), repetitive negative thinking (Watkins et al., 2007; Kingston et al., 2007), and”

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“After a decade of observations and studies, therapeutic mindfulness approaches have shown positive effects in patients with anxiety disorders [59, 60], posttraumatic stress disorder [61], substance abuse [62, 63], eating disorders [12, 64], depression [53], and personality disorders [41].”